Holly Willougby is a 'skiing hero' after saving little girl on the slopes

Holly Willoughby has jokingly dubbed herself a 'skiing hero' after revealing she saved a little girl on the slopes during her recent Alpine break.

The young girl, Hatty, had become separated from her ski school group, and the lovely Holly quickly stepped in to help her.

The 36-year-old mum was thanked on Twitter by Hattie's dad, Martin Gouldstone, who has since deleted the tweet. However, as The Mirror reports, his message read: 'Thank you for rescuing my daughter Hatty at skiing this week. She's just realised it was you and wanted to say thanks.'

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Holly responded with: 'pleasure! Hope she found the rest of her group!xxx'

Discussing the incident with Phillip Schofield on This Morning, Holly joked about her heroic credentials, saying: 'I saved someone!' before playing down the whole thing:

'This actually makes it sound like I did whole lot more,' Holly added. 'She was in front of me and fell over; her ski came off. I did get her ski and bring it back. She did lose her group, which we then found. Yes, I saved someone! I'm a skiing hero!'

Chatting about the skiing holiday, her first with her three kids, Holly added how much fun they'd all had: 'Blue skies, sun, it was brilliant," she said. "I had an amazing time.'